Getting Photogenic Ice for a Sonja Henne Picture

By transcription, Bitwell McCormick takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood. It doesn't seem to be anything that escapes glamorizing in Hollywood. No matter what it is, sooner or later they'll get around to making it appear more attractive.

Well the latest subject to undergo the Hollywood glamor treatment is Ice. Yes, Ice, the kind you skate on. For a recent picture they needed pretty photogenic Ice. Oh, the kind needed for Sonya Henny's picture, it's a pleasure which was recently made in Technicolor.

Yes, that's it. So the studio set out to glamorize the Ice. Now how on earth could ice be glamorized? Well first the freezing base was painted a brilliant green. Then after water had been turned in and frozen solid, the colors showed through and it looked mighty pretty under the powerful light.

However when the first skater took off, it left a white trail behind him, multiplied that trail by 40 skaters, all criss crossing, and it was easy to imagine how quickly the ice would become de-glamorized.

Then that was the cubed with the technical crew to get in bright high air, huh? Yes. I raised the temperature and little to melt the ice to a depth of about a half inch all over the rink.

That accomplished the crew of workers, equipped with spray guns, loaded with a vegetable dye, literally painted the ice itself. Then they froze everything solid. When they were finished, the skating surface was prettier than ever, and what's more, the skate marks didn't show on the thin layer of ice and all photographed beautifully.

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